Ian Mckellen
Ian Mckellen
Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBEis an English actor. He is the recipient of six Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BIF Award, two Saturn Awards, four Drama Desk Awards and two Critics' Choice Awards. He has also received two Academy Award nominations, four BAFTA nominations and five Emmy Award nominations...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth25 May 1939
CityBurnley, England
guess
If I was a star, it would be difficult to go off and do 'Coronation Street.' So I guess I'm not a star.
home
There are a lot of actors - I'm probably one - who are most at home when they're on stage.
desperate films job
Very, very rare that you do a job knowing that the audience is desperate for you to do that job. Most films you make don't get released, is the fact.
Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
enjoyed people seen work
There are people who've enjoyed my work in the theater, and they let me know that it was special for them. I'm not going to say, 'Well, you should have seen me as Gandalf!'
'Macbeth' was a very lucky play for me.
nature society thrust wants
Magneto wants to cope with the difficulties thrust upon him by society and by his own nature.
saving time
'Lord of the Rings' was about saving the world, big time, big duties.
One thing Middle-earth is short on is the feminine.
No actor wants to play to an empty house.
regional repertory theaters
When I left Cambridge, I applied to regional repertory theaters in the U.K. and got accepted by one of them... And here I am, still at it.
appeared enjoyed
When I appeared in 'Coronation Street,' I lived in Manchester and enjoyed it very much.
clearly invited members pupils school staff
One school invited me down, as two pupils had come out, and the headmaster didn't know what to do about it. I said, 'How many students here are gay?' and he said, 'Just these two.' Clearly not. 'How many gay members of staff have you got?' He had no idea. And this was a concerned man.
miss suppose
The spirit of the four hobbits in 'Lord of the Rings,' I suppose I miss that.